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Hello again everyone and welcome to the last month of 2014! On The Needles.: do you have pattern suggestion for the leftover yarn? I might have 200+ yards of light fingering weight yarn. by Bristol Ivy. First pattern by this designer. Wanted to knit Hanois Cowl. Do you look for helpful notes before beginning a project?
I've received my November shipment (my second one): 's, a unique blend of 45% Polwarth, 45% Alpaca, and 10% Possum fiber.It comes with a set of fingerless mitts and beret with a knitted bow by Rhiannon McCulloch called. I'm still debating between the So Boho or the pattern by, a pattern published on. Get Your Geek On! December: Latin word decem. Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate it! Since there's no trace at all of Thanksgiving here, I decided to make December my personal thanksgiving month.
Into The Blue In the Rav forum marielynn commented how she barely knit a stitch in the 15 months that she's been living in Indonesia. I talk about MY warm weather knits. Essential Oils Some books I'd recommend:. Valerie Ann Worwood's. Julia Lawless'. Jennifer Peace Rhind's.
Robert Tisserand's (considered by many as the foremost expert on essential oils' safety, also a consultant for Plant Therapy) Other helpful links:. based in Bali: SandStouch. My fave.
Tadaima Christmas tree! Yamaha Music Wonderland program BIG congrats to our lovely moderator Steph for her recent engagement! Drop by on our Ravelry forum to wish her a hearty congratulations:).: I like the end result of this pattern but it's so fussy!! It involves casting on in the middle, and making buttonholes, and seaming.
It's a great pattern for teaching a new knitter how to do all those, but for all that fuss, the product seems just so.: it ended up too big for Alicia's little newborn head-I was taking to heart all the saying that we always underestimate a newborn's head size, so I ended up overcompensating. Yarn: 3IG Adorn Sock in Sea Anemone.: cast off on the plane to Paris!.: cast off on the plane home! Gemma from Cogknitive podcast talked about the show in her podcast. Thanks for the shout out:) A few things she likes about the podcast is me being non-US and non-UK podcaster, LOL. She also likes the balance of sharing my private life without sharing too much, and she mentions KnitmoreGirls, Twinset Designs, Knitting Pipeline, and 2KnitLit Chicks in the same sentence, I'm so flattered! I'm glad she sticks to the podcast even after initially finding the show a bit hard to listen to, something about the sound quality.
Tokyo:!, Tsukiji-market, Toufu-ya Ukai. Nagoya food: Yabaton (miso katsu), Maruya Honten (hitsumabushi and unadon) both at Meitetsu Mall. Takayama: Sannou Matsuri. food: Hida beef at Maruaki. Okuhida Garden Yakedake Hotel, with natural hot spring (onsen). Shirakawa-go: World Heritage site; more impressive in winter. Tateyama Kurobe Alpen Route.
stayed at Matsumoto and we got the good luck of catching the prime sakura season! And the city has Matsumoto Castle lights up with the sakura-lined moat river.
Takato: sakura bliss. Kyoto: Nishiki market and Fushimi Inari Jinja (jinja means shrine). Purchases in Kyoto Aeon mall Dream craft shop. Koya-san.
take the Nankai Nanba private line. Explain about JR rail pass. Excellent dinner, most memorable in Japan at Ichijo-in. Osaka. Pokemon center and Tokyu Hands. Singapore transit: shopping voucher $20 at i-shop.
any project with a technique that's new, or to improve a certain technique. must provide references.
sources can be blogs, Youtube videos, online articles, or published book. Example: trying a new cast on method: Judy's Magic Cast On: why? Explain your progress and the resources you used. Or trying to do jogless join when knitting in the round: what resources, what you tried, what you finally used and why. Guest podcaster some of the month to talk about their challenge projects: welcome Kim of for June!.
Travelling guest hosts: for a different month, a podcaster will talk host the Challenge! KAL in their group as well.
thanks to crookedknits Steph who started the FO thread. Rules: eligible patterns are those that have been sitting in your library since before 4th January 2014-you're right, it gets more challenging because the deadline is not moving with the quarter dates:). Same for stash: eligible for double points are patterns knit using yarns that have been sitting in your stash pre-January 4th. Free patterns are NOT eligible starting from this point onwards-the idea behind LAL is to use those patterns that you've spent money on but haven't used. You can f ind me on Ravelry as thelostgeek, on twitter as lostgeek, and on Instagram as thelostgeek. You can subscribe to the show on, or through the. ITunes star ratings and reviews are always welcome to help bump up the show and let other people know about it, and it would really help me get feedback about the show.
Thank you for listening, and until next time. Don't get too lost!.
perfect-circle Michelle wins a Ravelry pattern of her choice. Her winning project is, and both pattern and yarn was from December 2013. Would love to see it blocked and modeled!. lmecoll Linda wins a button set from. Her project is from 'super old stash yarn', pattern queued since January 2013. crazyknittingfool Kristyn wins any item from below $8. Her project is pattern with 2008 yarn and pattern has been in library since 2012.
Designer is Parikha Mehta behind the s i x o n e s e v e n blog which I love, too bad she's not updating a lot lately. So each stitch, before being dropped off the needles, has been processed twice: either knitted or purled while letting it stay on the needle. The secret is that the second process, which is when you drop the stitch off the needles, has to coordinate with how the stitch presents itself to you. So a stitch on the front needle that's a knit stitch, you knit it to drop it.
And for a stitch on the back needle that presents to you a purl bump (meaning the RS is knit), you purl it to drop it. Before you drop them off the needles, process them the opposite way-So a stitch on the front needle that's a knit stitch, you process it by purling while leaving it on.
And for a stitch on the back needle that presents to you a purl bump (meaning the RS is knit), you process it by knitting while leaving it on. Dark grey yarn: Kent Worsted (60-40 merino romney), white yarn: Ghillie (cheviot)., yarn is from Bare Naked Wools, a 100% cheviot fingering weight. hat, yarn is Kent Worsted, a 60% merino 40% romney blend from BNK February shipment. I'm with the Stash and Burn listeners. going strong in The Lost Geek podcast group on Ravelry!.
I mention by Veera Valimaki: what's your experience with using two skeins from different dyers?. 'It is trapped air, not density, that provide warmth in knitted fabrics' (Anne Hanson, BNK Feb 2014 chapter on Romney). I seem to be attracted to tops! Feature articles:. Interview with Kirsten Johnstone (designer of Hane top). Knitting retreat!.
Knitting photography tip jar. Interview with Jared Flood about BT. Tutorial on reading Japanese pattern (inc and dec on armholes) by tokuko. Machine knitting. Elizabeth Zimmerman Tadaima Teacher's Day in Timothy's preschool: Interesting gap between the parents, especially my experience as a class mom. And I like what a friend said to me: at the end of the day we find other moms with the same perspectives. Pattern sales donation now also going to Mt.
Kelud eruption victims. The aftermath: a becak rider in Yogyakarta, covered with ash Ravellenics Special We are more than halfway done over Ravellenic Games! Home stretch! If you want to be eligible for prizes, don't forget to post your FOs in the finish line thread. I don't know how I'm going to pick a winner as I will be in Malaysia, will ask another mod to take over the roster for me.
You can f ind me on Ravelry as thelostgeek, on twitter as lostgeek, and on Instagram as thelostgeek. You can subscribe to the show on, or through the. ITunes star ratings and reviews are always welcome to help bump up the show and let other people know about it, and it would really help me get feedback about the show. Thank you for listening, and until next time. Don't get too lost! Love the team Sasquatch, Coggie from High Fiber Diet has been holding up for the team and creating threads. I've been busy creating and editing the team roster.
Can't imagine how mods in big groups cope. You can find me on Ravelry as thelostgeek, on twitter as lostgeek, and on Instagram as thelostgeek. You can subscribe to the show on, or through the. ITunes star ratings and reviews are always welcome to help bump up the show and let other people know about it, and it would really help me get feedback about the show. Thank you for listening, and until next time. Don't get too lost!
I just want to tell you that I enjoyed the interview you made to Audrey. I lover her work, I’ve been buying her bags and I am very happy costumer and I am glad that more people are enjoying her nice work.
My favorite bag is yarnivore for sure! I have a snake that always make me smile, I can’t believe that a snake can be so cute!
And more if it this one eat yarn!!!!. It would be very nice to have a needle-case for our interchangeable needles, I am sure with her fabric and her ideas it would be wonderful! Audrey's craft/work room Tadaima. pattern gifted by Tian the designer: uses 1 skein 100gr worsted weight yarn (Malabrigo Worsted) and has a shell-like stitch pattern which reminds of a beach strewn with shells. Worked in the round. Winners of Behm-along:.
2 balls of Papiput Eco Bamboo in vibrant green, post #4: SeuteDeern. 2 balls of Papiput Eco Bamboo in baby girl pink, post #5: hscruggs Heather. a set of TLG knitting tags, post #6: JudyAnn. a set of TLG knitting tags, post #8: CrazyKnittingFool Kristyn.
a skein of Curious Creek Fibers Wasonga, post #11: Judy Ann. Ravellenics Special Events should be out by the time this episode is aired. Check out the main Ravellenics board.
Song credits: Coming Home by Adrina Thorpe from. You can f ind me on Ravelry as thelostgeek, on twitter as lostgeek, and on Instagram as thelostgeek. You can subscribe to the show on, or through the. ITunes star ratings and reviews are always welcome to help bump up the show and let other people know about it, and it would really help me get feedback about the show.
Thank you for listening, and until next time. Don't get too lost!. second sock. Kitted up commitment knitting: yarn, needles, and project bag for, and a pair of socks (pattern yet undetermined) Get Your Geek On! (13:35) News coverage: Recalculating Route (16:17) Had to re record because I forgot to elaborate.
Since we go to Bali every year, sometimes more than once a year, I forgot that most people haven't been to Bali. Just had a new airport, domestic airport still under renovation.
Excellent architecture that combines Balinese structure style and modern. Also new: highway across the sea.
At night can see the landing strips with guide lights on, very cool! Cuts down traffic getting to Kuta. I saw most of the tourist sightseeing places during my high school class trip there-Bedugul lake, Sangeh monkey forest, pura Besakih, Tanah Lot, etc.
And the beach sport variety too, I've outgrown them: banana boat, parasailing, speedboat, I even tried surfing (although I didn't have good enough balance). Personally I like Ubud but my family love the oceans so it's a rare occasion. Ubud has tropical forests, fancy (overpriced) spas, yoga retreats, and the famous place of seclusion for the author of Eat Pray Love. Several things that are must do on my list everytime we visit Bali:. Aqua tonic spa at Ayana Hotel. Balinese massage (usually at Aisis but my sister also liked Cozy).
Dinner at Jimbaran Beach cafe. Jimbaran is a famous place for seaside seafood barbecue, and is lined with more than 30 different stalls, but this one is our favorite.
You pick what seafood and how much (by weight), and they grill them for you. My fave is the baronang fish and the clams.
We usually also order prawns and squid (the only fried dish: calamari) and kangkung terasi. Eat them with sambil matah (chopped chili with shallots and oil). Wave riding at Seminyak beach. The sand is black but very smooth. We can rent body boards or just wade a bit deeper and dive into the tall waves. This time we also visited a new-to-us beach, Pandawa beach where the sand is white and the water is crystal blue. Window shopping Tadaima (22:29) KALs:.: winners not yet picked, still waiting for some participants to correct their posts and links., details and rules:.
LAL spirit: if you have fabulous patterns in your library that have been sitting there unused and unloved, why not knit it and at the same time being more mindful of pattern purchases?. must be a member of on to be eligible for prizes. run as a quarterly Along, Q1 runs from Jan 4th until Mar 31st. pattern MUST be something you've never knit before and already in your library pre Jan 4th 2014.
bonus point for prize if you use stash yarn (bought pre Jan 4th, 2014). What project(s)? Song credits: Coming Home by Adrina Thorpe from.
You can f ind me on Ravelry as thelostgeek, on twitter as lostgeek, and on Instagram as thelostgeek. You can subscribe to the show on, or through the. ITunes star ratings and reviews are always welcome to help bump up the show and let other people know about it, and it would really help me get feedback about the show. Thank you for listening, and until next time. Don't get too lost!
On The Needles Sock Classified #1: Yarn: my7kids on etsy. Pattern: combined Cat Bordhi's and Cookie A.' Absolutely love Cat Bordhi's sock recipes on New Pathways. It fits like magic. Jin Que needles from ebay arrived a week ago.
First time using it for the BO. Recalculating Route: KAL and Giveaway Behm-along still going until end of December. Am going to wind my yarn and start hitchhiker, going to be a perfect mindless knitting.
Giveaway for The Art of Felfs: since I didn't record last week, I will draw a winner next time I record. Tadaima Cold Sheeping with the Stash and Burn podcast. What gifts usually for teachers? Timothy is picking up songs and rhymes a lot faster now, and he's singing songs all day.
I had thought that he's not really a singer but apparently he just hasn't arrived there yet! Read a good article about competitiveness among parents when it comes to kids. I'm thankful for having hobbies that are therapeutic. Knitting is an island apart for me.
I mentioned being leading the life of a secret agent or a spy. Electric Sheep's last episode featured an interview with Jared Flood of Brooklyn Tweed and he mentioned having knitting as truly separate from other parts of his life so there is a refuge, a safe haven hat we can retreat into when life becomes overwhelming for us. I am naturally an introvert, I wonder how it is for extroverts. You can f ind me on Ravelry as thelostgeek, on twitter as lostgeek, and on Instagram as thelostgeek. You can subscribe to the show on, or through the.
ITunes star ratings and reviews are always welcome to help bump up the show and let other people know about it, and it would really help me get feedback about the show. Thank you for listening, and until next time. Don't get too lost! Thanks to Salinaknits for a new review.
Accidentally bumped into this one because my ipad sometimes does a crazy switch between iTunes stores in US and UK. So I think her review was in the UK iTunes? Sorry for no news and no episode last few weeks, down with bad cold and taking care of hubby and son.
Off The Needles (02:22) Swagger finished in the car On The Needles (04:58). Nespelem. Socks: mash-up between Cat Bordhi's Riverbed Master Pattern (New Pathways for Sock Knitters) and Cookie A.' S Milo (Sock Innovation). Interesting arch expansion placement. Sock construction. Get Your Geek On!
(10:31). Rodney versus Death (a Milwaukee doctor tries to knock death incarnate off its throne. 'It takes less courage to criticize the decisions of others than to stand by your own.'
(Attila the Hun). “Countless millions who have walked this earth before us have gone through this, so this is just an experience we all share.” (Ted Bundy) Review and Giveaway (14:39) (felted footwear for families),.
Twinsetdesigns $20 The groundbreaking research that is supported is to advance anticancer antibodies, some sort of a vaccine for cancer. Can read more on the. From the description: All proceeds from this 70-page ebook by Cat Bordhi are going directly to the research lab of Dr. David Krag at the at the University of Vermont Medical School.
Krag, who pioneered sentinel node location, which has been used by over a million women with breast cancer, is now on the cusp of starting clinical trials for a cancer treatment that will replace chemo with a method as gentle as chemo is violent, and likelier to result in a complete cure. Let’s all join together to make that happen sooner rather than later! First Felfs are one of the 15 styles in Cat’s ebook, THE ART OF FELFS: Felted Footwear for Families. Once finished, all styles appear to have been knit in the round, but are actually knit flat in garter stitch in simple shapes which are then folded and sewn before felting. Extending or trimming one underlying shape transforms the basic Felf into thigh-high boots, ballet shoes, cowboy boots, moccasins, and much more. Fitting any style of Felf to any foot is simple enough for a young child to do yet Felfs capture the imagination and passion of advanced knitters as well. The ebook includes instructions for felting without a washing machine, so anyone can make them. Not sure how I can felt. Recalculating Route (23:02) by Martina Behm.
Four shipments of yarn and printed pattern over the course of 2014 starting Feb 2014. Three committed dyers: Welthase, Dye For Yarn, Rohrspatz & Wollmeise. Ships worldwide, subscription links go up on the website or Tadaima (25:35) Disney magic show, and how having a child of my own brings me to see the world in a different light. I get excited over Disneyland, and magic shows, because my jaded self pales behind my eagerness to show Timothy the big shiny new world, and so I strive to see things with the fresh eyes of a child, so that I can pinpoint things to him that will get him excited too. Like going on a carousel, I would point the moving rods, the shiny horses, the different manes. Or going to Disneyland and watching timo's awestruck face while watching the parade was priceless.
I took Timo out to the second floor balcony to watch thunderstorm, and seeing lightning streaks, splitting the dark sky in two. It was my first time too. With him, every day is an adventure.
Book week in school: book reading and activity (Guess How Much I Love You), dress up with costume and costume making. My birthday yesterday with mum, had a special birthday dinner and shopping spree with my sister and brother. Knitting is an island apart for me. I mentioned being leading the life of a secret agent or a spy.
Electric Sheep's last episode featured an interview with Jared Flood of Brooklyn Tweed and he mentioned having knitting as truly separate from other parts of his life so there is a refuge, a safe haven hat we can retreat into when life becomes overwhelming for us. I am naturally an introvert, I wonder how it is for extroverts. You can f ind me on Ravelry as thelostgeek, on twitter as lostgeek, and on Instagram as thelostgeek. You can subscribe to the show on, or through the. ITunes star ratings and reviews are always welcome to help bump up the show and let other people know about it, and it would really help me get feedback about the show. Thank you for listening, and until next time. Don't get too lost!
Colours of Rain Review: Deborah Tomasello's Into The Blue Jeny's surprisingly stretchy bind-off: use a needle two sizes smaller to make it less crimpy (twinsetdesigns podcast) Recalculating Route KAL voting: Hitchhiker or Behm-along. Podcasts I'm loving: by Malia, love all the new things I learn from it. Downcast: love the speed feature. Tadaima Timo starting school: posted his comments on Facebook. Love the school. Principal used to head a school in the UK which reached top 2% nationwide and she went on to look for new challenges. Wedding season has started again.
Indonesian weddings customs. 263 yards of cushy goodness!.
Tibetan spindle from on etsy. Shaft yellowheart, whorl cocobolo, length 9.75', weight 1.2 oz. It spins for a long long time.
Recalculating Route:. What's appropriate in Indonesian climate: what my knitting buddies knit: lightweight fingering or lace cardigans and tops, usually in cotton. Surprisingly a lot of garments, they knit to wear (product knitter). Avoidance of sun in Indonesia, and women want to be fair-skinned. UV-protection apparels popular: umbrellas, clothing. Long bike gloves, women in my family wear surf shirts when swimming in the ocean. Visit from Japanese friend.
Dad's friend and his grandson is Timo's age. Been busy preparing the house for their visit. Very excited eating roadside noodle stand, one bowl for 1 dollar. Mention German visa, and meeting the senior couple there.
Get Your Geek On. not a fashion conscious person-left that for my sister. Knitting n spinning made me know more abt colour names ( ochre, chartreuse, taupe, hunter green, tangerine, etc ). Talking with Ina, SeuteDeern on Ravelry about international and multicultural upbringing. Have to thank my parents for taking me on extensive travels, and special thanks to my aunt Sinta who passed on her books to me. I grew up reading Enid Blyton, Party of Five, boarding school books, and comics like Tintin, Smurfs, and other European comics.
I am a big fan of books. I like the feel of real printed books, I love the smell of new paper, I love the feel of the pages as I flip through them.
Somehow it is instilled in me that books should be kept neat and tidy, no pages creased, no cover torn, no scribbles in pen. I remember in grade school I once got into a terrible squabble with a friend because she borrowed my book and 'ruined' it. And since I have extensive collection of books, a lot of friends and families would come and borrow them.
And I have an unbreakable rule: never hold a paperback book flat. Always hold it at a 90 degree angle so as not to ruin the binding. All my books were covered in heavy PVC plastic roll, which we call in Indonesian plastik mika. My mum made sure that all her children's school books and notes have covers. So in the US I was astounded to see that nobody cares about the conditions of their books. I couldn't even find plastik mika anywhere. So I used contact paper to cover my books.
Much simpler than using plastik mika, but also too thin. I have just covered some of Timothy's books, and I want him to know the value of books. Off The Needles: reinforced heel, but the slipped stitches are placed in WS, not in RS as usual. Don't think it makes a difference, but interesting.
I've been MLing exclusively when I knit socks, and I usually convert DPN patterns into ML. I never move my stitches around, but I realize something. Usually the toe on cuff down socks have 8 sts left before kitchenering, and in all my previous socks, The graft is placed horizontally. Only in the socks that I knit for Timothy using Ann Budd's recipe did I realize that if I move stitches around so the 4 paired decreases face each other, I get a toe that looks sturdier. It's very hard to describe intelligently. And knitting has helped me with being more considerate and be a bit more 'grey'. In knitting, there are such a plethora of ways to do things, and I can't say what is right or wrong as long as it does the job right.
The book Cast On-Bind Off is a proof of that. How do you hold your needles?
What kinds of needles do you use? Fixed circular, interchangeables, straights, long, short, wood, bamboo, metal.
It's endless, and it's a matter of personal preference. In spinning too, should you spin from pencil thin roving or not? If it works for you, hey why not? As long as you can turn that fiber into yarn, then you're golden. I got to dislike people who tells others what they 'should' or 'shouldn't' do in knitting, or who has that 'better than thou' attitude. And then I realized with a pang that I probably have done just that in my life! Although agreed, the issues about parenting that I mentioned above hold a higher stake than just your yarnover technique.
And I will continue to be an outspoken person, just maybe do it in a more sincerely FWIW and IMHO way.;) The Whirligeek Are you joining Tour de Fleece? I'm in Team Sasquatch as co-captain! I've finished all singles from my Babydoll Southdown: Recalculating Route Month-long PRJ every year to celebrate Jakarta's 486 anniversary. 6 juni-7 juli.
A bit of Jakarta history (from a and our own ): Jakarta was initially settled as the port of Sunda Kelapa by the Hindu Kingdom of Sunda around the fifth century and was designed to develop a vibrant sea trade for the realm. The King of Sunda had his own reasons for great danger from the expansive Muslim Kingdom of Demak, whose troops threatened his second harbor town, Banten (west of Jakarta). Sunda felt squeezed and was in need of strong friends. Thus, the king hoped the Portuguese would return quickly and help him protect his important harbor. But they came too late. For in 1527 the Muslim leader Fatahillah appeared before Kalapa with 1,452 soldiers from Cirebon and Demak.
According to some historians, this victory of 1527 provided the reason for Fatahillah to rename Sunda Kelapa, Jayakarta, which means 'Great Deed' or 'Complete Victory.' On the basis of this victory, Jakarta celebrates its birthday on June 22, 1527, the day Fatahillah gave the town a name of victory of over Sundanese Hindus and Portuguese sailor. Pasar Raya Jakarta in Kemayoran, and on 22nd June 2013 the peak event: Jakarta Night Festival, or Malam Muda-Mudi (Youth Festival), an estimated 2 mil poured into Jalan Thamrin, Jakarta's busiest thoroughfare.
8 stages were erected along the street with each stage dedicated to a different style of music: rock, blues, jazz, pop, dangdut, campursari, Betawi traditional music, and keroncong. Jakarta, taking a page from New York, is nicknamed 'The Big Durian', a fruit with spiky shell and sweet yellow meat inside.
Segues into Indonesian fruits: Love the SHK giveaway thread because it has grown more chatty with so many interesting projects. Cinantya mentioned that she's planting a durian tree. Mention diff reactions, and how to open the fruit.
Indonesian fruits: durian (different variants: mao shan wang), mangoes (harum manis, gincu), rambutan, salak, nangka, bananas (ambon, susu, tanduk, raja bulu, raja cere). My backyard: rambutan, mango, jambu air. We eat fresh cut fruits every day, and fresh juice is a daily thing for us.
I used to drink carrot juice every morning for several years to improve my eyesight. We are going to Eastern Europe! Article on the Baltic countries Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania on (estonia, latvia, lithuania - kawaii mono sagashi). Wonderful mix of food, places to see, fashion.
Latvia: a focus on natural products. Cute knitted pillow cover in super large gauge. Lithuania: crochet lace with linen, artist: Montana Puriene, 'Leniniai Neriniai'-there is a typo here, typical of Japanese magazine (Poland-Porland). Should be 'lininiai neriniai'.) Found a Lithuanian website , where they have a dedicated. Tadaima, a video by James Bernal.
A twist on the 365 project: most of you know the 365 project, in which you take a picture each day of the year. James Bernal take a one-second movie clip every day, and compiled it into a 6.5 minute mosaic of your life in a year! I want to do it for Timothy. It would be a nice present for him, a digital time capsule of his life. But haven't been doing very well taking video every day.
You can f ind me on Ravelry as thelostgeek, on twitter as lostgeek, or email me at [email protected]. Star ratings and reviews are always welcome to help bump up the show and let other people know about it, and it would really help me get feedback about the show. Thank you for listening, and until next time. Don't get too lost! Off The Needles Gobi fingerless mitts by Anne Hanson, aan exclusive pattern for BNK 2013. Will be released in 6 months I think.
Coming up is FIFC 2013 but I'm not joining it. On The Needles. Colours of Rain lace and cable top. Still plugging along, I have memorized the lace pattern so it's going faster.
Alpaca Sox Mini-socks, a free pattern from Classic Elite Yarns newsletter. I could just fudge but wasn't in the mood for math. Using Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock in Pioneer colorway, leftover from making Timothy's socks. I've kitted up three new projects to help me knit faster: my carrot on a stick. Another pair of child socks, Maia Shoulderette, and BFF cowl cocoon from Knitty.
The Whirligeek. Bought a Tibetan spindle on Etsy in preparation for TdF, can't wait for it to arrive. I've been practicing flicking on my Russian spindle, but I can't get it going for more than 7-8 seconds.
Have prepped 2 oz of Cormo, it was compacted so I fluffed it a little. Predrafting, but not making it thinner into pencil roving. Tour de Fleece is in 6 days!
Recalculating Route Watched Grimm season 2 in Halloween. Never do understand why it's so big in the North America.
I talked a bit about the Chinese Qing Ming Festival (or Ceng Beng), and I confused it with the Dragon Boat Festival when we eat bakcang (sticky rice with meat covered in leaf), sorry! It's the sinus. My mind really is in the clouds today.
Tadaima. Episode 100.5 of: interview with savvy mom that mentioned early childhood education, arts and crafts. Loved it, especially the idea of writing the name of an object the child drew, and it will help develop oral and written language. Also love the idea of using used 'trash' around the house for activities.
40 toddler activities ideas over at. Another blog I've really been enjoying was.
I find that lately I am drawn to the homeschooling method, is it some kind of divine direction pointing me to be a homeschool mom? Children book review:. Guess How Much I Love You, pop-up edition. Had to return it once.
Apparently it's a very popular title! And yes it's available on.There's a very cute video on Youtube:. The Gruffalo, jigsaw puzzle edition, available on.
Good feature: different colored backing paper for the puzzles so won't confuse any pages. Love the rhymes.
Oh my, I love! Mel with Drizzle hat In the middle of the chat we got disconnected and then when we reconnected I forgot to record the call halfway. When I forgot to hit record button, we were talking about how Mel's Polish parents emphasize reading and learning, and that was a big part on how Mel loves learning and imparting that learning to others. Two of her proudest teaching moments were when she saw one of her dance students named Chloe who used to have a hard time connecting with the dance, got to enjoy and bloomed as a ballerina. The other was Natalya, her oldest, whom she taught how to knit. Natalya was just sitting and knitting on a new project and Mel was feeling powerfully touched to see that what she had first taught her has grown and expanded and has been changed into Natalya's own passion.
We also talked about what's in Mel's knitting bucket list and she mentioned knitting with beads. Which is challenging primarily working with small objects. We mentioned.
Mel would try it out after I give it a review (and before that I'd have to buy it and use it first). Another goal for Mel was that she wants to knit items with smaller gauge and smaller needles. She's also just enrolled for a sewing class (for dresses and adult garments!) by -also a!
Then Mel went on to talk about learning spinning on a wheel, and I complimented her on her fast progress. Mel mentioned Diane of and Laura and Leslie from who helped teach her in person. Where we caught up, Mel was talking about how amazing it is when people share the knowledge of their passion to others.
We mentioned Kiki from and Steph from, two indie dyers that participated in Sock The Vote. The Old Man and The Sea We also mentioned Mel's patterns,. Also Paula Emons-Fuessle's shawl. A few books mentioned: Ernest Hemingway's, Clara Parkes'. I took out our conversation about, a professional surfer who surfs big waves (18-20-ft waves) and was a survivor of a shark attack which left her one-armed. A movie, came out about her. Mel is donating 5 of her patterns for 5 lucky listeners!
You need to go to The Lost Geek podcast group and on the giveaway thread there, let me know two things: what's your favorite segment of the podcast, and what crafty things you've been doing lately other than knitting or crocheting (whether cooking, baking, sewing, traveling, photography, scrapbooking, painting, etc). I'm always looking for fresh ideas and inspiration:) I will pick the winners three weeks from now, on Episode 8 of the regular podcast. You can f ind me on Ravelry as thelostgeek, on twitter as lostgeek, or email me at [email protected].
Star ratings and reviews are always welcome to help bump up the show and let other people know about it, and it would really help me get feedback about the show. Thank you for listening, and until next time.
Don't get too lost! I interviewed, one half of the brain behind -, the other half, was unfortunately unavailable as she had just moved. This interview was originally planned to be a short one, but I had a lot of fun talking with Meri, time flew and it's almost a full podcast episode length, so I decided to make a separate episode for the interview (taking a page from podcast and her In The Conductor's Booth series).
I had so much fun doing the interview, I already have a few others planned for the near future, so stay tuned! Stormy Seas, from Amirisu Winter-Spring 2013 I also have a giveaway for The Lost Geek listeners, courtesy of Meri and Tokuko! 3 patterns to be given for three lucky winners, from Amirisu magazine.
How to enter: I will set up a new thread in The Lost Geek group on Ravelry for the giveaway. Tell me what is your favorite pattern or feature from AND from (so two patterns/feature, one from each issue). Extra entry option: you can get one extra entry for liking. Make sure you write another post in the Ravelry giveaway thread saying that you liked the podcast on Facebook. The contest will end three weeks from now, and I will pick three winners using random number generator when I record episode 6 of the podcast.
All winners will be notified via Ravelry PM. This week's episode is plagued by sound issues (construction next door, and laptop fan going crazy). Will continue to improve audio quality.
The episode has a lot of segments, so let's get on with it! Off The Needles. by Anne Hanson from her (February 2013). Used SOAK wool wash. What do you use for your knitted items? I've been wanting to try Eucalan since interviewed Eucalan owner. Might knit with the remaining yarn.
hat by Carina Spencer. Gifted to a friend's daughter.
On The Needles Caravan Scarf. by Norah Gaughan. Still working on collars. by Tin Can Knits. Knitalong with Kim of. Yarn: Louet Merlin sport, US 3 (3.25 mm).
First time knitting with linen! Hopefully my mods will work. Mentioned Laura of podcast's advice about shaping. Hankering to CO for a plain vanilla pattern. Recalculating Route. Skein-winding party with knit-night buddies.
Wound March's Bare Naked Knitspot club yarn (Bare Naked Wools Stone Soup Fingering in Pumice). Available for public, also in DK weight. Lovely rustic bouncy yarn. Bare Naked Wools Stone Soup Fingering, wound Get Your Geek On!. from episode 54 (Indonesian ' cadel').
Major drawback for Indonesian speakers. Sundanese people's tendency to mispronounce 'f' and 'v' as 'p'. Why is Indonesia often featured in mainstream media as haven for drug dealers and bad guys? Also overwhelmingly showing beaches. Review online magazine. Bookmarked patterns: Stormy Seas, Distant Hours, Walnut Snood, Contrasting!, Bilbo Cardigan, Teardrop, Sara.
Distant Hours, courtesy of Boo Knits New-to-me yarns: Natsukaze by Hasegawa, Kiito by Marita Rolin, Dye For Yarn. High Notes (what I love about Amirisu):.
excellent photography and design aesthetics. techniques section that links to Youtube videos.
pattern features: excellent schematic, yardage, ease, section heading Low Notes (what I'd like to see improved):. yarn lookbook and source list. pattern lookbook. more compatibility with iPad.
English spelling and grammar mistakes Tadaima. Hubby's reaction to my 'podcast voice'. Timothy's problem with multi-syllabic words. Thanks to knitstostaysane, carotrike, twinsetellen who introduced themselves in the group.
Thanks for listening! Until next time. Don't get too lost! You can f ind me on Ravelry as thelostgeek, on twitter as lostgeek, or email me at [email protected]. Do join The Lost Geek Podcast group on Ravelry.
ITunes star ratings are always welcome to help bump up the show and let other people know about it. The podcast is now officially on iTunes!.happydance. You can subscribe to the podcast here. Or you can also download it directly from Libsyn here.
What other platforms other than iTunes do you use? Let me know in the comments. This week's episode is titled such because I am so overwhelmed by support, nice messages, feedback, and constructive criticism from people that I know and strangers that I met through the podcast. Even though episode 0 is technically a pilot episode not meant for public consumption, it's so nice to be contacted by listeners who found the podcast either through twitter or Ravelry, or referred to by podcasters who gave the episode a listen. I apologize for the sniffles, I got a stuffy nose but thankfully it didn't get blown up to a full cold.
I'd like to thank Kristin of, Kim of, Ray of, Martine of, Paula of, Steph and Stacie of. I will keep improving content and quality of the show, so stay tuned! Off The Needles by Ysolda Teague. Yarn: Three Irish Girls Kinsale Merino Tencel. Lovely pattern, love the magic of blocking that opens up the garment. I mentioned blocking wires by inspinknitty. You can buy from her or direct from (and she has a coupon code for 10% off until April 30th 2013: 'save10now').
On The Needles. Scarf. Yarn: handspun Mongolian Bactrian camel from Snow Leopard Trust. I complained about the veg matter on the first skein.
Bits and pieces of veg matter and hair would fall off to my lap when I wound the skein into a ball, and even when I was knitting. Can't decide what to do with two skeins (one heavier than the other), should I finish the scarf and decide what to do with the leftover, or should I start the now and hope I have enough leftover yarn to finish the scarf? Let me know what you think. Still knitting the collar. I didn't like patterns that say 'work as for left/right side, reverse shapings' because it's too much extra work, but tweeted that she thinks it's normal. And then the discussion swerved to the standards of pattern writing, which gets thorny fast.
So I will swallow back my whining and cope with the pattern, since apparently it's normal, and I am a product of the 'instant' generation. Yarn: in Sea Foam and Marlin. Knit for a friend's baby daughter.
I mentioned my approach to the 'You're a fab knitter! Can you knit me/my baby a hat/socks/please-God-not-sweater?' Love the pattern, although definitely not for a beginner knitter. I've been wanting to cast on a pair of socks. Ever since I found the magical home remedy for cold/cough of Vicks Vaporub + socks before bed, I am enchanted with handknit socks. Especially now that I have the perfect opportunity to wear and flaunt the socks, because parents are required to wear socks when accompanying their toddlers to play class and gym.
Recalculating Route. A segment for non-fiber related adventures.
'Recalculating route' is the standard GPS voice response to when we take a wrong turn and it has to search for a new route based on the detour we took. (Can you tell that this has happened to me a LOT of times?). Busy filing taxes. This year had 3 days cut short from the March 31st deadline because Good Friday is a public holiday. Hopefully next week I will have more time for spinning and knitting. I shared my Sunday School teacher storytelling test. If you are a Sunday School teacher, can you share the resources you use for arts/crafts activities and for storytelling?
Our church is currently using. Tadaima A segment for housekeeping stuff, home and Indonesia-related stuff. Tadaima (ただいま) is Japanese for 'I'm home.' Its response is ' Okaeri-nasai' (お帰りなさい= Welcome home). I love Japanese culture's greetings or aisatsu (あいさつ), they're very proper. I always have a hard time dividing time for my hobbies.
It's like picking which favorite food to eat the last. How do YOU manage your crafting time? Thanks for listening! Until next time. Don't get too lost! You can f ind me on Ravelry as thelostgeek, on twitter as lostgeek, or email me at [email protected].
Do join The Lost Geek Podcast group on Ravelry. ITunes star ratings are always welcome to help bump up the show and let other people know about it. Intro music is Acoustic Guitar by Pl@stic Soul, and outro music is Coming Home by Adrina Thorpe. Thanks to for the music. Listen here or subscribe on iTunes. I finally recorded and published my first trial podcast episode!
I am loving Garage Band and its magic, and I thank Apple for making the software learning curve so much less steep by developing awesome user interface. I mentioned Paula of Knitting Pipeline Hopefully I can fill a niche of non-US non-British knitting podcast, I will talk about knitting and spinning stuff, about life in Indonesia, and random stuff that comes in my life. On The Needles. cardigan by Norah Gaughan, as suggested, US 5-3.75 mm Hiya Hiya Sharps interchangeable needles. Finished back and two fronts.
Working on the collar, and still have one collar and two sleeves, AND seaming to go. A lot of ribbing and stockinette on the cardigan. Meant to be worn open. Love the yarn, but feeling the FO of a friend, very heavy.
by Ysolda Teague from Whimsical Little Knits 2. Kinsale Merino Tencel, colorway Serenity blue, a shipment of Sharon's Pick of The Knitter club, which is currently unavailable for new subscriptions.
US 5 -3.75 mm Knit Picks nickel. Construction: garter tab, simple garter body, a stockinette edge and loops on the very edge. Working on the stockinette edge, seemingly endless. Thing about triangular shawl: easy breezy beginnings and a long slog in the end. by Anne Hanson, from. First February shipment, Snow Leopard Trust handspun camel from Mongolia. 2 skeins of brown undyed Bactrian camel fiber (two-humped camel).
First time ever knitting with handspun. Love the variety of texture in the yarn. Some (actually, a lot!) of vm (vegetable matters) in the yarn, but easily taken out.
CO using US 4 -3.5mm, realized I was wrong about gauge. Went up to 6 halfway through the ribbing and switched to 7s for the body. Going to be for dad. Hard to knit for guys especially those who live in a tropical climate like Indonesia. Off The Needles My last FO: Looped Loop by Kirsten Johnstone, free pattern on Rav. Enabled by Jasmin of. In Starry Night Cracker, a deep bark green.
US 6-4mm needles. Hated the provisional crochet cast on. Problem when kitchenering. And problem figuring out how to loop it.
The Whirligeek (Get it? Whirligigs = whirligeek, spinning segment) Brand new spinner, started with a drop spindle in October of last year. Ugh, lots of problem starting, couldn't figure out drafting.
I think what helped was lots of watching youtube videos. Abby Franquemont's videos are helpful but didn't help me with hand movement in drafting. Practiced 15 mins a day for almost a week and suddenly everything fell into place.
Southdown in Rainbow gradient, for ' Expand Your Horizon January-Feb 2013. Spun half of it, now working on the third braid.
Spun two braids using Bossie midi spindle, now using resin spindle. Starting to read through. Got a Spanish Peacock Russian spindle + bowl from destash, needs to LEARN how to use it.
Have heard a lot on Ravelry that supported spinning is faster. Reasonable shipping to Asia/Pacific! Not 'rest of world' like other sellers. Still haven't finished the 4 oz of Corriedale practice fiber from. First spun yarn: thick and thin singles. Two-plied my second skein using Kundert spindle, still on the spindle need a winding on.
Used chair back to wind on. Recalculating Route A segment where I talk and ramble about other stuff that's happening in my life.
I am 30-yr-old SAHM with a 2-yo son (Timothy). Have decided on a school curriculum for Timothy. Blog a valuable resource and voice. In Indonesia 2C is king: crochet and cotton. Dutch origins: haken and breien (crochet and knitting).
'Merajut' (technically, means knitting) is used interchangeably for both knitting and crochet. Muggles call knitting and crochet 'merajut with two needles' and 'merajut with one needle'. I give a big thanks too all the podcasts that I've listened to or watched: iMake, The Podcasters Studio, Knitting Pipeline, The Knit Girllls, Single Handed Knits (in hiatus for now), Subway Knits, The Savvy Girls, A Playful Day, Electric Sheep, Craft Stash, Yarngasm.
Thanks so much for listening to this episode! As I edit and listen to the recording I realized that the mic is not so good, and I am too nervous! Criticism and constructive feedback is very welcome, you can f ind me on Ravelry as thelostgeek, on twitter as lostgeek, or email me.